Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023SMU
JaQwondis Burns
LB • 6'2" • 229 lbs • Bradenton, FL, USA
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JaQwondis Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Minnesota • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
JaQwondis Burns built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a linebacker from Bradenton, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Minnesota and SMU. The clearest part of JaQwondis Burns' career was his defensive...
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JaQwondis Burns, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Minnesota. JaQwondis Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 28
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
JaQwondis Burns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 28
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Minnesota
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Westerville Central
- High school pipeline
- Westerville Central · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · LB 685th (top 56%) · American Athletic 278th (top 45%) · National 2,547th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 63.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 29.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
JaQwondis Burns played LB for Minnesota and SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, JaQwondis Burns recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Minnesota paired 2 primary output with 32.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Minnesota, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · SMU
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
19
Usage
4.1
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 2. TCU: 0. Charlotte: 0. Temple: 1. Tulsa: 3. North Texas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 32.5. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 5 by 20.8. Temple: 0 by 10. Tulsa: 3 by 42.5. North Texas: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Tulsa
Player Story
JaQwondis Burns story
JaQwondis Burns built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a linebacker from Bradenton, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Minnesota and SMU. The clearest part of JaQwondis Burns' career was his defensive production: 28 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives JaQwondis Burns' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Minnesota
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 2 | 32.5 | 10.5 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 2.5 | 12.5 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 19 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulsa
Week 9 · W 69-10 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Purdue
Week 5 · W 20-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Memphis
Week 13 · W 34-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 1 · W 38-14
2
Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Lamar
Week 2 · W 45-16
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Havoc Plays
40.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Minnesota
2 primary output · 32.5 efficiency · 10.5 usage
63.3
#2
2023 Regular Season · SMU
46.6
6 primary · 19 efficiency · 4.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · SMU
29.4
2.5 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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